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Crutchfield's 2000 Honda Civic
Many of you e-mail asking for audio equipment suggestions for specific cars and trucks, so we asked some of our car audio experts to recommend a complete system for a popular vehicle — the 2000 Honda Civic. The "ultimate system" we designed will produce powerful, high-fidelity sound in the Honda Civic, with an intense soundstage (thanks to the kick panel enclosures) that you'll hear only in high-end home systems. And even if you don't drive a Civic, we hope our Road Test will give you some good ideas for your own ride.
This 2000 Honda Civic looks good outside, sounds great inside.
Items installed:
- Sony Xplod CDX-MP450X CD receiver with MP3 playback
- Polk Audio dX3055 5-1/4" component system — front kick panels
- Polk Audio dX9 6"x9" speakers — rear deck
- Q-Logic QL-K6005B44 Q-Form kick panel enclosure
- Sony XM-1505SX 5-channel amplifier (40 watts x 4 + 150 x 1)
- StreetWires 8-gauge amp wiring kit
- Rockford Fosgate Punch RFZ2410 4-ohm subwoofers
- Q-Logic QLH-1.0010dx Dual 10" Hatchback box
Sony CD receiver runs the show from the dash
We chose the Sony CDX-MP450X CD receiver to go in the dash of the 2000 Civic. This versatile receiver features a fold-down detachable face, a superb AM/FM tuner, and the ability to play MP3 files that have been recorded on CD-Rs or CD-RWs. Since there's no subwoofer in this system, Sony's D-Bass is a crucial feature, offering three-step bass enhancement for maximum low-frequency impact without affecting the mids and highs.
Sony's versatile XplodCD receiver makes a great system controller with a rotary control knob and wireless remote, the ability to play MP3 CDs, and the tone-shaping power of D-Bass.
Q-Logic's kick panel enclosures create a rockin' front soundstage
Q-Logic makes the QL-K6005B44 Q-Form specifically for 1996-2000 Honda Civics. This rugged plastic kick panel enclosure replaces the factory kick panel (down by the driver's and passenger's feet), has openings for a 5-1/4" woofer and tweeter, and is color-matched to the Honda interior. (For more on why kick panel enclosures are a great idea, see our article on imaging.)
The Polk Audio 5-1/4" component system installs seamlessly in the Q-Logic kick panel enclosure, creating a powerful front soundstage in the Civic.
Polk Audio speakers bring the tunes to life
We chose Polk Audio's dX3055 5-1/4" component system with its polymer composite woofers and 1" silk dome tweeters to provide the front soundstage in the Civic. We installed Polk Audio's dX9 6"x9" speakers on the rear deck — their 3-way design provides plenty of musical detail for back seat listeners. In the Civic's quiet interior, the powerful imaging of the Polk dX components won't be lost to road noise, and the bass from the dX 6"x9"s should be more then enough for most listeners.
Left: The Civic's naked rear deck, the Polk Audio 6"x9" speakers, and Crutchfield's MasterSheet™ installation instructions. Right: The Polks are ready to rock in the reinstalled rear deck.
Sony XM-1505SX amp works multi-channel magic in the trunk
We mounted Sony's Xplod XM-1505SX multi-channel amp in the Civic's trunk, with four channels of 40 watts RMS to power the front and rear speakers — and a 150-watt subwoofer channel for future system expansion. The StreetWires 8-gauge amp wiring kit provided power and signal connections.
This combination of components produces a clean, full-range sound with strong imaging and plenty of low-end punch for the Civic's quiet interior. And the extra channel on the Sony amp makes it a breeze to add a subwoofer at a later date.
The Sony Xplod 5-channel amplifier pushes 40 watts RMS to each of the front and rear speakers — with a spare 150 watts ready for subwoofer action.
All at once, or one step at a time
Keep in mind that you don't have to purchase and install a system like this all at once. The beauty of creating a car stereo system is that you can do it one step at a time. In fact, we plan to beef up the bass in our Civic with a pair of Rockford Fosgate 10" subs in a Q-logic hatchback box. With the subs wired in parallel to the amp's subwoofer channels, we should have enough bass to get the mirror's shaking.
If you have no installation experience, try replacing your speakers first — it will give you a taste of dismantling and reassembling your vehicle. Have fun out there!
Vehicles in the Custom Car Showroom are submitted by customers and fans, and edited by Crutchfield writing staff. You can find more of these articles on the Showroom main page.


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(CNN) -- Almost half of Britons believe that the sex charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange are "an excuse" to keep him in custody so that the U.S. government can prosecute him for releasing secret diplomatic cables, a new CNN poll shows.
The CNN poll of British opinion, released Monday on the eve of Assange's bail hearing in London, finds that 44% of respondents in Great Britain believe that Sweden's sex charges are just a pretext, while only 13% flatly disagree. The remaining 43% say they don't know.
Assange, 39, the Australian founder of WikiLeaks, is fighting extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning about allegations of sexual assault.
British people responding to the poll said by a spreak of 41% to 30% that Assange shouldn't be prosecuted for releasing the secret diplomatic cables, with the remaining 29% not having made up their mind.
More people agree than disagree that Wikileaks was right to release the cables, by 42% to 33%. The remainder, 25%, don't have a position.
Despite the prevailing opinion that the sex charges are a ploy, almost half of Britons, or 44%, say their government should send Assange to Sweden anyway for questioning. Twenty-nine percent disagree, and the rest say they don't know.
Age was a significant division in the results of the poll, conducted this month by ComRes for CNN. ComRes interviewed 2,010 British adults online between December 10 and December 13. Data were weighted to be demographically representative of all adults in Great Britain.
Older people were significantly more likely to feel that Assange should be sent to Sweden for questioning and that he should be prosecuted for leaking the secret diplomatic cables.
For example, 42% of persons 65 and older say Assange should be prosecuted for releasing the secret diplomatic cables, a view held by only 21% of those between 25 and 34.
In the United States, most Americans who followed the news about WikiLeaks say its release of U.S. State Department cables harms the public interest, according to a Pew Research Center poll.
Only 31% of Americans who paid attention to the news say the WikiLeaks' publication of diplomatic documents serves the public interest, while 60% says it's harmful, according to the Pew center.
Americans make a distinction between the WikiLeaks website and the media's handling of the released documents, with only 38% saying the press has gone too far in reporting the secret cables. A nearly equal number, 39%, say news organizations have struck the right balance, and 14% of informed Americans say outlets have withheld too much from the public.
Assange, who voluntarily turned himself in to London authorities last week after a Swedish arrest warrant was issued, has denied any wrongdoing, and supporters have called the charges an attempt to strike back at him and his WikiLeaks group, which so far has released more than 1,300 of what it says will be more than 250,000 U.S. diplomatic documents dating back 1966.
The London judge in the City of Westminster Magistrate's Court has repeatedly said the case is "not about WikiLeaks" but rather about serious sexual offenses that allegedly occurred on three occasions with two women.
Several celebrities have come forward and offered to pay Assange's surety, or bail.

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When Santa Cruz introduced Bronson, it took the market by storm, redefining what people expected from a 150mm trail bike. Equally at home in the Trans-Provence as it was on The Ridge, updating and improving it was going to be no small feat.
The most visible upgrade is the completely new VPP® link arrangement. The lower link tucks neatly above the bottom bracket, fully-recessed and protected from impacts. Meanwhile the box-section upper link now mounts cleanly to the top-tube and enhances lateral stiffness as a result. Shock rate's been refined in the process too, delivering greater small bump sensitivity and a more progressive mid-stroke.
Geometry has also evolved subtly to meet demand from riders for a bike of this ilk. The seat tube angle's been steepened, placing the rider right above the cranks and perfectly in position to lay down the power. Meanwhile a one-degree slacker 66 degree head tube angle combines with a 20-25mm longer top tube and shorter chainstay length to create an evermore rally-ready geometry than its predecessor.
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Over the weekend, I whipped up the 241 Tote from Noodlehead.
I used some of my prized Echino and paired it with duck cloth solids. The strap is made from a long strip of the Echino and backed with the burgundy duck cloth.
I really like this bag! The pattern is clear and straightforward though I would definitely recommend reading it all the way through before starting. Anna offers some alternate ways of assembly that I think make a lot of sense and would be my preferred way to put the bag together. Also, um, read the directions about the seam allowance. I would have saved myself a LOT of frustration if I had realized the seam allowance was 3/8" and not the 5/8" I thought I read at first. Oh well, it just gives me a chance to make another one, right?
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If you all did not know by now, women and children issues are very important to me. I received this from USA based Dr. Kwei Quartey to publish. Since it is more skewed towards Ghana and women issues in Ghana, interlaced with discussions on the law, this seemed like the perfect platform for it. Read on.***
Three women are sharing the 2011 Nobel Prize for Peace. One is Yemeni human rights leader Tawakul Karman. The other two are African: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia's current president and Africa's only female democratically elected head of state, and her countrywoman Leymah Gbowee who is a peace activist and spellbinding challenger of the ultra-male, brutality-wielding world of warlords.
Only ten women before the present trio have won the Nobel Peace Prize. For her part, Gbowee is one of founders of the Ghana-based Women, Peace and Security Network Africa (WIPSEN-Africa.org), whose motto of "Building Women, Building Peace" is right on target. Only a four-word phrase, it captures the sentiment expressed by Thorbjorn Jagland, head of the Nobel committee: "We cannot achieve democracy and lasting peace in the world unless women obtain the same opportunities as men to influence developments at all levels of society."
As if augmenting Jagland's declaration, one of the goals of WIPSEN-Africa is to "enable, enhance, and sustain African women's right to participation and leadership in fostering human security, sustainable peace, and development." It's perhaps appropriate that WIPSEN-Africa is based in Ghana. One of the most politically stable emerging economies in sub-Saharan Africa, Ghana continues to move forward on many social and economic fronts. For that reason, although WIPSEN-Africa is not dedicated to Ghana alone, it may find it can implement many of its Africa-wide goals with more facility in Ghana than in other African countries.
While in Ghana in June 2011, I visited the High Court in the capital Accra and witnessed a homicide case being tried. The prosecuting attorney was a bombastic man who had been around the courts system for a while and knew how to manipulate it to his advantage. The defense lawyer was an articulate woman who, with deadly precision, methodically dismantled the male lawyer's arguments in an assertive but quiet style that contrasted sharply with his.
If we want to see more African women awarded the Nobel Prize for physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace, it's women like that skillful lawyer for whom WIPSEN-Africa must push. Ghanaian women constitute almost 51% of the population in a country where agriculture, mining, quarrying and forestry continue to dominate the economy.
Although Ghanaian women are a potent labor force in the economic activity of the country, their work is found more in the private, informal sector, of which agriculture takes the largest share. Women have a huge presence not only in marketplaces and other trading venues all over Ghana, but on farmland. As anyone who has visited or lived in the country will confirm, Ghanaian women have extraordinary physical strength and stamina. Although men generally clear and prepare land for crops, the women do the weeding, planting, fertilizing, harvesting, and marketing of the harvest. In this way, they are responsible for an estimated 70-80% of food consumed in Ghana, contributing around 48% of the Gross Domestic Product, a laudable achievement by any measure.
The command Ghanaian women wield in agricultural activity is not mirrored in Ghana's formal private and public sector, where women are found mostly in the lower echelons of economic activity. They comprise less than 4% of the professional/technical and administrative staff in the labor force. So, for example, if you go into banks in Accra or another major Ghanaian city, female tellers and financial officers will likely outnumber their male counterparts, but upstairs in the boardroom, women's presence is lacking.
Why is that? Like Leymah Gbowee and Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Ghanaian women are every bit as innovative, enterprising and smart as men, so why don't we see more of them in managerial, professional and technical positions? To conclude that it must be due to discriminatory employment practices would be to miss a much more fundamental problem. Starting in primary school, the gender gap widens at each successive level of education. In 2000, the percentages of Ghana's girls and boys in Junior Secondary School (JSS) were 45 and 55% respectively; in Senior Secondary School girls accounted for 33% of the student population, and at the tertiary level it was only 25%.
There are many barriers to girls' education at issue, among them conservative traditional beliefs about the role of girls and women in society, gender biases in the classroom toward boys and corresponding low self-esteem in girls, inadequate counseling services for girls, teasing and sexual harassment of girls, poor sanitary facilities, early marriage and, as I ruefully discovered in a failed attempt to sponsor a Ghanaian girl through secondary school, teenage pregnancy. All these factors, particularly the last, contribute to a troubling high dropout rate among girls.
Via a number of proposed steps, the Ghana Government has committed to a National Vision of increasing girls' access to education and to the promotion of retention of girls through basic education and beyond. But the government is unlikely to single-handedly achieve these goals. It will take the dedicated efforts of organizations like WIPSEN-Africa to really move girls' education forward.
There is still a mountain of work to do before we see more African women move into the professional, technical and managerial classes, let alone see them receive many more Nobel Prizes. Has the era of the African woman arrived? Perhaps not yet, but it will.
Author Byline: Dr. Kwei Quartey is the author of Wife of the Gods and the newly released Children of the Street – both published by Random House.


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Senior-level Certification: IT Architect Credentials Can Open Career Doors
As a discipline and an arena for employment, IT has matured considerably in the last 30 years. Today, the focus on skills and knowledge tends to move away from straight technology and into detailed issues related to infrastructure design, deployment, and managementparticularly as IT professionals gain seniority and job experience (not to mention the occasional gray hair). As IT's role has evolved inside most organizations, it has changed from a purely tactical cost center to a focus for strategic investment. In today's IT world, organizations continually seek out ways to establish competitive advantages, and often look to information technology to help define and develop such advantages, and then to refine and maintain them.
As IT has matured and grown, job roles related to IT have done likewise. One such role that offers particular promise to talented, knowledgeable individuals in the second half of their careers is that of IT Architect. An IT architect is someone who not only understands most of the important aspects of information technology from the standpoints of acquisition, deployment, implementation, and use, but also understands how strategic investments in IT can help organizations meet their goals, boost productivity and profitability, and let them fulfill their missions more effectively and efficiently. The IT Architect is a person who brings technology savvy together with a deep understanding of and appreciation for business concerns, and can use that unique perspective to assess and guide IT investments according to their ROI and in light of the opportunities they can create.
Let's take a look at trends in the IT Architect certification space, including salary potential, training opportunities, job search tips, and conclude with a quick look at leading relevant programs and certifications that cater to this job role.
According to job and salary sites like Indeed.com and Dice.com, salaries for IT Architect (or similar technology architect positions in IT) continue to grow. For 2010, the average salary across all IT architect positions was in the $80-90,000 range, but a significant percentage of such positions (nearly 30 percent) pays salaries over $100,000, some in the over-$160,000 range. Various IT Architect credentials can bring pay boosts with them; our research shows that for positions that require or desire specific certifications, pay runs about 15-20% higher than other similar positions that do not mention certification directly.


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Eurasia: A Place For Defencemen
I'm surprised I missed this tidbit that flew under the radar since he was a noted enemy while suiting for the Philadelphia Flyers. With word that longtime stand-out defenceman Sergei Zubov had signed a deal with SKA St. Petersburg of the KHL, an offensive defenceman comes back the other way as the Detroit Red Wings signed 32 year-old Andy Delmore after he spent the last two seasons with the Hamburg Freezers in the German Elite League. Both of these moves are a little surprising considering each player's circumstance.
First off, I have always been a Sergei Zubov fan. The man was a magician with the puck during his early days with the New York Rangers and the Pittsburgh Penguins. During his time under Ken Hitchcock and Dave Tippett in Dallas, he became a much more rounded defenceman, playing larger roles defensively while still putting up decent point totals.
With age catching up to him, however, arthroscopic surgery on his hip at the start of the 2008-09 season limited Zubov to a mere ten games last season. While his vision and hands haven't left him, there were large question marks about his skating and mobility after the surgery. And those question marks were simply the reason why the Dallas Stars couldn't re-sign him at the $5.35 million per season deal he had the previous season. With Dallas in a youth movement, Zubov looked elsewhere.
The "elsewhere" that came about was a deal from SKA St. Petersburg in the KHL, marking the return of another Russian NHL star to the overseas league. While there have been no dollar figures announced, it is expected that Zubov's deal would be worth $1 million or more for the season. Zubov will make St. Petersburg's blueline immediately better if his hip is 100%.
Zubov was one of my favorite Russian defencemen of all-time, and I'm glad he found a home for this upcoming season to continue his work. I wish Zubov the best in St. Petersburg, and, of course, HBIC will keep an eye on the KHL standings all season long in 2009-10.
On the other hand, the man coming back to North America was a pretty big deal when he came out of the OHL. Andy Delmore recorded 18 goals and 60 assists in his final year with the Sarnia Sting in 1996-97, and looked like a promising talent. Except he went undrafted as there were questions about his defensive play.
After bouncing around the NHL and AHL, Delmore found a home with the Freezers over the last two seasons and showed some better defensive play. The Red Wings' scouts must see some potential ability as Delmore was inked to a one-year deal. It is expected that he'll challenge for the fourth defensive spot at best, and also see some time on the powerplay.
The reason I always disliked Delmore? 2000 NHL Playoffs, Game Three in the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals between the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins. Andy Delmore scores the overtime winner to give the Flyers the 4-3 win. After Pittsburgh had won Games One and Two, the overtime loss completely shifted the series as the Flyers rallied to win the series 4-2.
Overall, though, Delmore is a decent player who just needed to improve the play within his own zone. Playing for a coach like Mike Babcock should help his game immensely, and he may earn himself another contract in the 2010-11 season if he works his butt off.
A couple of offensive defencemen going in opposite directions across the ocean. It's always interesting to see some of the names that are dug up in the off-season. Zubov leaves as one of the best Russian blueliners of all-time, and Andy Delmore gets a second/third/whatever chance with the Red Wings.
Until next time, keep your sticks on the ice!


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You check into a hotel for a good night's sleep, never suspecting that you might become room service dinner for a crawly critter, an insect waiting to drink your blood.
Nancy Duke: I had welts and they were all over my legs, my arms.
That's what happened to two women just months ago, in decent American hotels: They were the smorgasboard for bed bugs.
Dennis Murphy, Dateline correspondent: You ever heard of bed bugs, other than the old adage?Janet Wyda: No, I never did.Murphy: Ever seen one in your life?Wyda: No.
Bed bugs had been shown the "no vacancy" sign in the U.S. for nearly 50 years— they've been virtually eradicated. But now that's all changed. They're back. And they're in expensive hotels and biting the best of people.
It's a national problem, agrees entomologist Dini Miller, Ph.D. The Orkin Pest Control company says that after 50 years more or less without them, it's now treated bed bugs in all but three states. And according to the National Pest Management Association, bed bug complaints have increased 50-fold over the last five years. They've popped up in apartments, mansions or dormitories in nearly every corner of the country.
Just a few weeks ago, bed bugs nibbled on the traveling cast of a Broadway musical at a Ramada Plaza in San Francisco. Last summer, a young family vacationing at a five-star Westin resort in Hollywood, Florida had the same complaint.
Murphy: Are bedbugs in cities rather than countryside?Dini Miller, Ph.D., entomologist: No, they're in the country as well.
This is like the return of the wooly mammoth to entomologist Dini Miller, who until very recently had never even seen a live bed bug. She says in the U.S., exterminators wiped them out.
Miller: We were just able to spray them with insecticide [DDT] which we used very liberally in those days and got rid of them. And so, they were gone from the United States.
What brought the bed bug back?
Experts say the bed bug resurgence started with international travel with bugs probably hitching a ride in suitcases coming from Europe, Asia, the Middle East — places where they've been thriving all along. From their new American base, unwary travelers carried them on to other hotels, dormitories, into their homes. And as many people are discovering: once they're in, they're hard to get out.
One prominent authority on bed bugs is Dr. Harold Harlan, who was a career bug expert for the military. Harlan was surprised 30 years ago when he came across a few stray bed bugs in a barracks at Fort Dix, New Jersey. He carried them home with him— on purpose.
Harold Harlan, Ph.D.: I took them off the wall. But I just wanted to keep them alive and observe them. We were looking at the bite effects on soldiers at the time. Murphy: And you have raised the grandchildren, the great-great grandchildren, down through the generations, and begat, begat, begat, for 30 years now. How many bugs do you have?Harlan: If I had to guess, I'd say around 15,000 to 20,000.
He keeps his bugs in jars in his basement. Every now and then they've ended up in his bed.
Murphy: What does your wife think about this?Harlan: I don't think I want to discuss that.
Keeping bed bugs has obvious drawbacks.
Murphy: You can't go down to the pet store and get food for them. How do you feed them?Harlan: I feed them on myself. My arm, my leg, whatever.Murphy: Your blood.Harlan: Correct.
People can have severe allergic reactions to bed bug bites, but generally bed bugs are not considered a health threat. Even though blood is their meal, they don't spread blood-related illnesses like aids or hepatitis. For Dr. Harlan, the itchy red welts last three or four days.
Murphy: You know, you could have birds or an ant colony.Harlan: I've had ant colonies before and they're not as interesting.
Dr. Harlan's interesting collection is now proving invaluable to researchers. Some are using his domestic bugs to test against the current crop of bugs coming into the United States. So far the news isn't good. The bed bugs you may find under that hotel mattress aren't easily killed by the pesticides available on the U.S. market.
Miller: So essentially what happens is all of the ones that are susceptible to the pesticides die. And these few that are not susceptible survive. They mate with each other and produce babies that are just like themselves. Murphy: And they're here in huge numbers.Miller: I think so.
And they're showing up more and more... in headlines, on Web sites, and in angry phone calls to lawyers like Al Ebanks who went from no bed bug clients to 21 in one year.
One of his clients is Nancy Duke, a banker who spends 60 nights a year on the road. In November, she checked into the Crowne Plaza in New York's Times Square, into a room costing more than $200 dollars. She says in the wee hours of the morning something woke her up.
Nancy Duke: I get up. I go into the bathroom and I see there are bugs on me— reddish-brown tick-like bugs on me. I go back to the bed. I flip back the covers and there's bed bugs in my bed.Murphy: Lots of them?Duke: Yes. I put my glasses on and the light on. The bed next to me is covered—infested with bugs.
Within days, she says she too was covered with itchy red welts.
Murphy: Nancy, how does it feel to think you're lying in bed in the middle of the night-- $200 a night room, and bugs are chewing on you for dinner?Duke: It's dirty. It's horrific. It's with me now, and just from that incident, it's something that I haven't gotten over.
Last Christmas Eve, Janet Wyda checked into the Regency Inn & Suites near New York's Penn Station with her daughter. She paid $159 for a two-bedroom suite just steps away from the Empire State building. The first morning, she woke up scratching.
Janet Wyda: I had some itching on my upper thigh area, but what struck my mind was that there was bumps.
The next morning, still more bumps: now swelling terribly and spreading down her arms and legs. As these pictures show in hideous detail, within days she was covered with over two hundred huge red sores.
Wyda: Not once, not once did I ever think that it would be bed bug bites.
So how do you know if you've become dinner for bed bugs? This woman had two of the classic signs — she went to bed fine and woke up itchy, and she had red welts all in a line—bed bugs walk along blood vessels, sampling as they go.
She ended up in the emergency room.
Wyda: I was terribly upset. Looking horrible. I just got so depressed over the whole thing.
The itching lasted nearly a month, and she still has scars. She says she left three messages for the hotel manager saying she'd had bed bugs, but nobody ever called her back.
Does that mean they'd fixed the problem?
Bed bugs have been with us humans since we lived in caves, and they have fantastic survival skills. They lurk unseen in cracks and crevices for most of the day.
Dini Miller, Ph.D. entomologist: Between about three and five a.m. something turns on in their little brain and they become attracted to heat. So heat, to them, means food. They're looking for human body heat. And part of the mouth part feels around underneath the skin looking for a blood vessel. And then, they hit that blood vessel and it pumps them up full of blood. And then, once they're full, they pop the mouth parts out. And they crawl back into a little crack or crevice and then they'll stay there for a couple days digesting that blood meal.Dennis Murphy, Dateline correspondent: I can hear people saying, "Ew."Miller: It sounds kind of disgusting. I have to admit. (Laughter)
Bed bugs can go for over a year without a meal. That makes it nearly impossible to know if you have any. Bed bug eggs are so very small and translucent — they're virtually invisible against a white sheet. And a female can lay twelve eggs in one day. Hotels are ideal hang outs for bed bugs because the guests get bitten and leave — a few days later, there's a new unsuspecting host— dinner— right in the very same bed.
So could we find any? Armed with an experienced bed bug searcher, entomologist Dini Miller, we rented rooms in several New York city hotels.
Each hotel we went to had had reports of bed bugs, information we gleaned from Web sites, newspaper articles and lawsuits. The search began.
What Dini knows, and most of the rest of us don't, is that in many hotels, the headboard pops right off. And behind the headboard is a common hide-out for bed bugs.
Murphy: Why the headboard as opposed to say, I don't know, the bathroom or the drapes on the window?Miller: If you think about it, the maid comes in every morning, she's changing the sheets, she's manipulating the mattress and that sort of thing. But, the headboard doesn't move. And so, the bed bugs can get behind there and they're not disturbed.
Dini checks screw holes, cracks, even staples. She says the most obvious sign of bedbugs is small blackish spots — "fecal spots" to the experts — that look like either pepper or dried blood, signs that bed bugs have "digested" a blood meal and excreted it right out.
We check the mattress seams, the nightstand, the chair and everything passes muster.
After visting 22 hotel rooms, in 7 different hotels: no bed bugs.
Murphy: We didn't seem to find the infestation. What do you think went on?Miller: Let's say we go into a hotel that's got 100 rooms, and we've heard there's been a complaint about bed bugs in there. It may be only one room or two rooms that are affected. If you don't find the one that was initially infested, you may not come across it.
One Times Square hotel had several complaints online about bed bugs and was recently sued for having them.
Murphy (while inspecting): But it looks a lot like all the other ones we've seen, doesn't?Miller: Let's take a little closer look here. Now, I can't be for sure, but this is the type of spotting that I'm talking about. You see right there? This is a cast skin from a bedbug. Here. Murphy: You're kidding. So they've been here in midtown Manhattan, in Times Square?Miller: Right, right, exactly.Murphy: You think this is a hit, this is a find?Miller: Oh definitely. Most definitely.
Dini says this dark spot could be leftovers from a blood meal.
Miller: These dark spots… we always ask ourselves if we see something dark. How could that have gotten there? And it just so happens that right here is a shed bedbug skin.Murphy: Now would you suspect that those bed bugs that you found in that headboard had been feeding on guests?Miller: Yes. The fecal spots tells you that they obviously had some blood in their system.
In this case, it appears hotel management went scurrying for a good exterminator — along with evidence of bed bugs in several rooms.
Miller: See around the frame? This powdery looking stuff?
Dini finds sign of pesticides, fresh mattresses and new furniture. Except for the corpses, the rooms we checked are bug free.
Next we try a moderately-priced hotel, Regency Inn & Suites, near New York's Penn Station, where Janet Wyda and her daughter stayed last Christmas, where she says she was eaten alive.
We checked into room 418. And there it was: a molted bed bug skin behind the head board, bloody spots on the back of the picture frame, blood stains and fecal spotting along the mattresses, and the creature himself. Plus a small and growing family waiting under the box spring for a meal.
We report what we find to the front desk:
Murphy: You know, Dateline went back to that same hotel that you stayed in in February, guess what we found?Janet Wyda: Bed bugs.
And bed bugs haven't checked into just hotels. They're going to college too.
We've heard reports of bed bugs in at least a dozen colleges from the University of Oklahoma to Loyola in Chicago.
Just last week freshmen at New York's prestigious Columbia University had to leave their rooms because a room nearby was infested with bed bugs. And they're worried about what other students think.
Andrew, student: They assume I have bed bugs in my room since I'm moving out, and so I'm quick to tell them that I don't have bedbugs. At least I don't know of it.Shira, student: I guess bedbugs shouldn't have quite as much stigma 'cause you don't get them from being dirty and you don't get them from being unhygenic. It's just weird, I feel like I'm defending myself and people are assuming all this stuff now and that's really hard.
So how can you avoid bringing bed bugs home with you? Experts say check your luggage closely if you think you've encountered bed bugs on the road, and steer clear of used mattresses and discarded furniture.
And if, unhappily, you already have bed bugs? Call a reputable exterminator with plenty of bed bug experience. Expect to have several treatments that last several hours, and be prepared to throw out a lot of your stuff.
Murphy: Expensive for hotel managers. For home owners.Miller: Very expensive, yes.
Columbia University told us the school rarely has a problem, but when it does, the treatment is aggressive.
Several of the hotels mentioned in our report wrote us to say that while bed bugs are out there, they are not prevalent. They also say they use exterminators regulalry to prevent bed bugs—and in the event bed bugs are discovered, take quick action to eradicate them, including "discarding and replacing furniture and linen." The Regency Inn & Suites added that the hotel has heard no complaints about bed bugs.
Dini Miller says we might as well try to get used to bed bugs — forget the stigma too — bed bugs happen to the best of people and have nothing to do with hygiene.
Murphy: Now, is it possible this whole infestation epidemic is being overblown? Dini Miller: Most of the researchers believe that this is an issue that's on the increase—that's going to get worse, before it gets better.


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As criminals go, the Lennie mutineers were neither organized nor gifted. Indeed, they likely did not fancy themselves mutineers when they perpetrated a triple-murder of the officer corps on board the vessel during high seas.
Matteo Cargalis, Pascalis Caludis, George Kaida, and Giovanni Carcaris were hanged on this date for that "atrocious conspiracy" in Newgate prison's largest mass execution behind closed doors.
As they say, you get what you pay for, and Captain Stanley Hatfield apparently didn't pay too well. His ragtag crew of multinationals — Turks, Greeks, Dutch, Belgians, and possibly others (Hatfield himself was a Canadian) — was in it for the money when the vessel left Antwerp bound for New Orleans on 24 October 1875.
The circumstances of the mutiny's start are hazy, but what is clear is that the entire ship's complement excluding first officer, cabin boy, and steward were on deck in heavy seas about 10 days out. What seems to have been a minor labor dispute resulted in Hatfield and Second Mate Richard Macdonald being summarily dispatched by stabbing; the first mate, Joseph Wortley, was sought out below and shot in his quarters.
Since the crew was all in now, the murderers and a small group of associates pressed the remainder of the deckhands into service. The two remaining persons belowdecks were now let out. The Belgian steward, Constant von Hoydonck (spelled in various ways, but Anglicized in what seems to be the most popular way), and the cabin boy, Henri Trousselot, were given the option to join the rest of the crew.
To the now-leaderless and ill-educated rebellious deck crew, Von Hoydonck's literacy made him was the best hope of finding safe harbor, and Von Hoydonck hammed it up like Mark Hamill going on about Tosche Station.
Trousselot was worth little (though he was also literate), and he gamely followed Von Hoydonck's lead and elected to join the mutineers.
The rest of the tale reads like a Hardy Boys story, with an implausible plot built around incompetent characters.
Apparently, one of the Greek crew members knew someone back home that he felt would be interested in the vessel, so the crew now had a "plan". All they needed was a quick trip through the Strait of Gibraltar followed by a trip across the Mediterranean, and they were home free! Von Hoydonck volunteered to navigate the course to the Strait, but rather than head southeast, he led the ship straight back toward the French coast.
The details of the voyage, embellished and colorfully littered with age-appropriate judgments about Greeks, were handled by the newspaper "The Age" in 1958:
When France was sighted he brazenly told them it was Spain, and sailed along the coast.
When they asked why he hugged the shore, he told them it was to avoid the chief traffic routes and the consequent danger of being hailed by another ship…
By November 14 he had navigated the Lennie between the Isle of Rhe and the French mainland. In spite of rough seas he brought the ship almost within hailing distance of the short and then calmly ordered the anchor to be let go.
This was carried out promptly enough by the slow-thinking mutineers, but after some ten minutes what intelligence they had started to function, and they swarmed round remanding to know why they were at anchor.
[Von Hoydonck] surveyed them coldly and pointed out that that the coast of Spain (which, of course, was some 250 miles away) was rocky and dangerous, and as they could not risk standing out into the traffic lanes they must anchor here until the heavy sea subsided.
The mutineers were not satisfied with this explanation and angrily threatened to send him after the ship's officers.
[Von Hoydonck], playing his part superbly, indignantly informed them that as they seemed to have so little faith in his handling of the ship they could sail her themselves. He then went below, slamming the companion door behind him as if in a temper.
Von Hoydonck then had Trousselot write up notices of the mutiny in French, English, and Dutch; these letters were placed in a dozen or more bottles and slipped out a port hole, hopefully to quickly reach shore. Meanwhile, the mutineers decided they really needed that navigationally competent steward and urgently repaired relations with him.
The storm subsided during the night and Von Hoydonck got some sleep. By morning, the mutineers had taken the initiative, and they rounded the Isle of Rhe and traced down the Isle of Oleron toward a lighthouse that — to the geographically confused crew — looked mighty like the Pillars of Hercules.
Unfortunately, it failed to meet the one critical test: the pinch of island and shore lacked the distinctive Rock of Gibraltar.
… and Gibraltar's distinctive Barbary Apes.
Von Hoydonck offered the lame excuse that, instead of risking the Mediterranean, he had led them to a nearly uninhabited part of the French coast, where they could get off the boat without risk of being found out. Six of the more aggressive members of the mutineers took this bait, so they hopped a life boat and scuttled to shore.
Five mutineers now remained, and none of them was particularly big on the cause. So Von Hoydonck followed up his successful bluff by clambering up the rigging in the dead of night to raise the flag of distress. He then took to the deck with a pair of revolvers and waited for morning.
The bottles had done their job, and the French man-of-war Tirailleur was dispatched immediately when authorities heard of the trouble; her crew quickly spotted the Lennie.
The six who had gone ashore were almost as swiftly rounded up on the mainland.
In all, eight of the 11 on board were put on trial, and only the four implicated directly in the murders of the officers were found guilty* and sentenced to death.
At the time, the Lennie was quite well-known; the actions of Von Hoydonck were celebrated in the local press, and the crown awarded Von Hoydonck 50 pounds for his actions.**
Strangely, the ship's story has slipped into obscurity,† perhaps because reality in this case sounds like a plot written for 8-year-olds.
* Though the vessel's occupants had mutinied, the British had the crew extradited under charges of murder. Two of the defendants were released by the technicalities of the extradition treaty.
** Constant von Hoydonck went on to own a pub in Middlesex and was bankrupt by 1892. Henri Trousselot moved to New Zealand, where he and others are memorialized for attending to a double shipwreck in Timaru; he lived to 66.
† The Record of Yarmouth Shipping reports that the Lennie was refitted and carried on to New Orleans with a new crew.
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- 1701: Captain Kidd - 2020
- 1936: Adolf Seefeldt, Uncle Tick-Tock - 2019
- 1942: Georges Politzer and Jacques Solomon, academics in resistance - 2018
- 1996: Yevgeny Rodionov, Chechen War martyr and folk saint - 2017
- 1699: Nikol List, Golden Plate robber - 2016
- 1865: Stanislaw Brzoska, Polish patriot priest - 2015
- 1991: Ignacio Cuevas, Huntsville Prison Siege survivor - 2014
- 1892: Frederick Bailey Deeming, Bluebeard - 2012
- 1673: Thomas Cornell, on spectral evidence - 2011
- 1906: Ivan Kalyayev, moralistic assassin - 2010
- 1832: Samuel Sharpe, "I would rather die upon yonder gallows than live in slavery" - 2009
- 1498: Girolamo Savonarola, as he had once burned vanities - 2008


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MDT/UML2Tools/New and Noteworthy/Galileo
Milestone 7
The milestone was completed on 8th of May 2009
Creating New Diagrams
257664 Creating New UML2Tools diagrams from UML2 tree
268252 There should be a way to specify exact metaclass of the diagram canvas semantic element
174315 Automatically set diagram file extension
Icons on the Elements
271452 Allow switching off icons for all/none/selected subset of diagram nodes
272961 Preferences to Show/Hide image of stereotype
272255 [ActivityD] Add icon into name label of diagram elements for consistance with another UML2T diagram
272274 [StateD] Add icon into name label of diagram elements for consistance with another UML2T diagram
A complete list of the enhancement requests resolved in this milestone can be found here
Milestone 6
The milestone was completed on 19th of March 2009
Improved look'n'feel
Selection feedback
265822 [ClassD] - Improve appearance of selection feedback
- Improved selection feedback
- Names of compartments are generally hidden, but they are shown on element selection
Here Class1 and Class2 are the same. Class1 is selected, so names of its compartments are shown, while Class2 is not selected, so it looks like a rectangle:
Diagram Header
265172 Place keyword «model» above the name of the Model
265174 Visual distinction between Synchronized and Non-Sync diagrams
On the first picture diagram is synchronized, so clock-like symbol overlays its package icon:
Appearance of the elements
231610 Improve appearance of the class box
217459 Name compartment too big for Ordinary Classes
263848 Improve appearance of Value Specification
265514 Improve package appearance
265585 Improve interface-as-class appearance
265747 Improve appearance of Package-as-frame
Updated appearance of the elements:
Enhancements in Property Sheets
266284 Allow to edit reference properties using text cell editor
Now it is possible to type the name of an element in the property sheet. After that it will be referenced automatically.
Setting name of the element 'Class1' using text editor in property sheets:
Enhancements in working with profiles
264932 Profiles in 'Apply Profile' action
Now applying of profile is easy. No more 'Load Resource' action invocation needed.
Once profile has been defined in UML2Tools it will be shown in the list of available profiles in 'Apply profile' action automatically.
262227 Allow to create Image element on diagram
264515 Overlay images of applied stereotype
A complete list of the enhancement requests resolved in this milestone can be found here
Milestone 5
The milestone was completed on 12th of February 2009
Validate diagram
260738 Add capability to validate model
'Validate' action was added to all elements in the diagram. It works as 'Validate' action from UMLEditor -- runs constraints defined in UML metamodel.
260741 Provide ability to validate diagram with applied profiles
Constraints defined for a stereotype can be executed on a element, on which the stereotype is applied. Constraints are run by 'Validate' action and managed on 'Model Validation/Constraints' preferences page.
Enhancements in working with Profiles
246358 Show image of stereotype on the extended element
252876 [ProfileDefD] OCL Constraint element
253939 Allow to stereotype a diagram
256356 Optionally display language of the OpaqueExpression on the diagram
Enhancements in the Element chooser
258505 Improve ElementChooser in Property Sheets
261672 [ElementChooser] Content of ListChooser
261691 Filter un-applicable elements in TreeViewer
263018 ElementChooser: Select property value in Tree on dialog opening
263278 [ElementChooser] 'Unset' doesn't work
- Now element chooser consists of two tabs:
- Tree Chooser
- FilteredListChooser
- Tree Chooser
- The has three roots: Current resource, Loaded resources, Workspace
- Qualified Name of the selected element is shown in Details label
Improved element selector:
A complete list of the enhancement requests resolved in this milestone can be found
Milestone 4
The milestone was completed on 6th of January 2009
Sequence diagram support
230963 Sequence Diagram support
Sequence diagram sources are available in CVS in 'experimental' folder.
Class diagram synchronization
199731 Structure diagrams synchronization
Now, instead of auto-synchronized Class diagrams, that are always shows the complete contents of the semantic model, different levels of the synchronizations are supported.
Elements, which are displayed on on the diagram, can be managed using:
- 'Synchronize' action from the context menu of the diagram
- In 'Initialize Class diagram' wizard
Stereotype support in all behavior diagrams
257458 Add profile support to behavior diagrams
255532 'Insert' for element in list compartments should create new element
257661 [Diagram synchronization] Add element filter to synch dialog
257653 Constraint: add 'specification' tab to the properties view of a constraint
A complete list of the enhancement requests resolved in this milestone can be found here
Milestone 3
The milestone was completed on 17th of November 2008
UML 2.2 Compliance
249625 UML 2.2 Compliance
UML2 Tools was switched to the latest version of the UML superstructure specification. For more information see here.
'Delete from Diagram' action
252802 [Diagram synchronization] Action to delete from diagram
Enhancements in Profile Definition Diagram
246366 [ProfileDefD] Constraint as a note symbol
246368 [ProfileDefD] Show expression of contraint
Stereotype support in all structure diagrams
252748 Allow to apply profiles/stereotypes in all structure diagrams
A complete list of the enhancement requests resolved in this milestone can be found
Milestone 2
The milestone was completed on 4th of October 2008
Basic Timing diagram support
242711 [Timing-D] - Create basic GMF artefacts
Timing diagram sources are available in CVS in 'experimental' folder.
Enhancements in stereotype support
246081 Stereotype properties in the property editor
'Tagged Values' tab was added to property sheets of an element with applied stereotype.
248315 [ClassD] Missing stereotype display for Links
Source/destination of an Association in property sheets
174003 [ClassD] Impossible to edit Association link source/destination properties in diagram editor
'SourceEnd' and 'TargetEnd' tabs were added to property sheets of an association.
Reorganize UML2Tools Preferences
226663 Reorganize UML2Tools Preferences
Enhancements in Component diagram
228234 [ComponentD] Nested Artifacts support
Enhancements in Deployment diagram
246589 [DeploymentD] Nested Artifacts support
A complete list of the enhancement requests resolved in this milestone can be found


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Born: IS 420
Death: N/A
The Commander of the Armes Western Marine Corps, Commander Vayla is the eldest son of the Vayla family, an influential family in one of Armes's major clans, the Madras Clan. The Madras Clan, along with King Jalat's Ishvaak Clan, prefers to make peace with Falena. However, the Darja Clan is militant, and managed to convince members of the Grand Council of Chieftains to side with the Godwins and invade Falena to defeat the Prince's royalist army. Shula's Western Marine Corps are deployed, but only to keep Commander Sparna of the Southern Mountain Corps from engaging in large-scale destruction of Falenan citizens and towns.
Shula's forces invade Estrise, but don't engage in any battles. A few minor skirmishes, all intitated from Estrise's end, was the only combat the Western Marine Corps saw. Alenia attempted to get them into action, but Shula did not pay her much attention. After the Southern Marine Corps and Childerich's forces were driven back, Alenia tried again to get them to move, but Shula responded that his vacation was over, and that the Island Nations fleet was sailing towards Falena. Shula then returned to Armes without incident, but not before asking Sharmista to tell the troops not to buy too many gifts for those back home: a shortage of goods in Estrise will cause inflation, and that would be rude to their hosts.
After Commander Sparna flees back to Armes in disgrace, leaving Jidan Guisu to die, King Jalat opts to support the Prince's forces. Shula is dispatched, along with Nifsara and Sharmista, to Falena. Shula visits Yashuna Village hoping to talk diplomacy over the hot springs, but the hot springs have gone dry. However, he still gets a message to the Prince's forces, where he meets the Prince face-to-face, as well as Lucretia Merces, Cius, and Lelei. Although Cius does not get along with Shula in the slightest, calling him an 'androgynous freak', Lucretia is intrigued by his offer of assistance, and the Prince accepts his aid.
Shula initially wanted to see what kind of man the Prince was, and what kind of person he would be in a position of relative power. He is glad he made the trip to Falena, and believes that Armes would benefit immensely with an open-minded person like him around.
Shula is Josephine's older brother, and is often put out by his younger sister's eccentric antics. He is always quick to remind her of what things look at from a diplomatic perspective
After the war, Shula helps handle things when the official peace envoy from Armes arrives. Shula is later elected as ambassador to Falena, where he resides with Sharmista. - Matt620 (article), Basel (image)
How to Recruit: Automatically joins you in Yashuna Village after he sends for you. This will take place after the liberation of Sable.


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Hamilton remaining positive
Lewis Hamilton is adamant Mercedes are already ahead of where they were last year despite only putting in 26 laps over two days of testing…
Lewis Hamilton is adamant Mercedes are already ahead of where they were last year despite only putting in 26 laps over two days of testing.
Mercedes' start to pre-season testing has been a headache for the team as Day One saw an electrical problem and subsequent fire put an end to Nico Rosberg's running after just 11 laps. He did not return to the action.
Day Two didn't pan out any better.
15 laps into the morning's action Hamilton suffered a rear brake pressure problem which caused him to crash into the barriers at Dry Sack.
Mercedes were not able to send the Brit back out for the test of the day as it a complicated job repairing the hydraulic issue that led to the brake problem.
But despite their limited running, Hamilton insists he's remaining positive.
"Mercedes are already ahead of where they were last year when they didn't even have the new car here (at the first test in Jerez)," said the 28-year-old.
"It's an improvement and a step forward already, so we can't really complain.
"We've lots of tyres, so Nico needs to be the first out today, and we just need to hammer it and try and get in as many laps as possible.
"If we can do 110 to 120 laps per day over the next two days then that would be a good comeback.
"For me, I will be in early, go to the meeting in the morning and listen to the guys (over the team radio) during the day, maybe go training and chill a little.
"The important thing is not to get fazed by the days we've had this week. You have to keep looking forward and remain positive.
"The guys in the garage are obviously trying to avoid the problems we've had. They are working as hard as they can, back at the factory too."
Hamilton added that he is complete confident that Mercedes will get on top of their recent car issues.
"They (the technical people) have to look at the design and ensure it doesn't happen again, and I have total confidence they will do that.
"Obviously I wanted to be driving. We were looking at the computer and seeing other people doing 70 or 80 laps and we should be doing the same.
"We just need to find out what solutions we can grab and hold on to them."


text: Cavewars FAQ 1. What is Cavewars? Cavewars is Avalon Hill's game of exploration and conquest underground in the world of Ibido. 8 races, each with their own special abilities and weaknesses, wage a war for survival in the 5 levels of caverns under the surface of Ibido. Research Technologies and Magic to develop new weapons to overcome and conquer. 2. Are there any cheat codes? CAVE Godmode, gives you 250000 of everything, and all the spells and technologies. 3. What are the system requirements? -IBM or 100% Compatible -100% Microsoft Compatible mouse -VESA (1.2) Compliant SVGA video card -CD-ROM drive -8MB Ram -MS-DOS 5.0 or higher(will run in Win95) -486DX or better -15MB free hard drive space 4. I have an ATI Video card, and I am getting an error about the video, or a blank screen when I try to run the game. You need to load a VESA driver for your video card. You can get a shareware VESA driver, UNIVBE, from Scitech Technology. 5. I have a Rendition based 3D card (3D Blaster, Screamin' 3D) and the game crashes with a DOS4/GW error every time I try to play. Some of the newer 3D cards are not completely VESA 1.2 compatible. However, download the Cavewars 1.2 patch, and this will solve this problem. 6. When I start the game, I get a message about sound effects being disabled, even though I have a sound card. You must have a 100% Soundblaster compatible sound card. In addition, the "SET BLASTER" line needs to be in the Autoexec.bat file, and the IRQ must not be higher than 7. 7. The game locks up when I try to save a game. You select a slot, then the mouse cursor is locked until you type in a name for the saved game at the top entry box and hit enter. Then you can choose SAVE, or just Close if you decide you don't want to save that game. 8. How can I tell how far along I am in researching something? You can't. Since there are no random events in the game, this gives the feeling of chance to the game, since you never know when the next breakthrough will come. This is after all, research, just as it is in real life. It also adds some tension to the game, since you can't plan based on having a researched item by a particular time. 9. How can I tell if food or minerals are in my cities range? Click on the Eye, choose control. That will show a colored square on the small map around each of your cities, anything in that square is in that particular cities control. 10. When I ship population between cities, they don't use food. Correct. They don't use food from the cities,(they eat off the land en route). There is a trade-off involved, however. You might try shipping population back and forth to alleviate food shortages, but population in transit does not contribute to research, production, defense, or magic. 11. I use some of the magic spells multiple times. Is there a quicker way than going to the spellbook, choosing the spell, etc. Hit the "s" key. That will cast the last spell chosen. This comes in handy when you're mapping the levels. 12. Do I need the CD in to run the game? You need the cd in to start the game, but once the game is up and running, you can take it out and replace it with your favorite music cd. Hit TAB to bring up the cd player within the game. 13. How do I change the CD play mode? There is a small button in the lower right-hand corner of the cdplayer box that switches between random, repeat, and regular mode. The current mode is listed in the cd info, random, repeat, regular(shows nothing). 14. The manual says that all the races must be unique, but I ran across a city the same race as mine. The computer player races will be unique, but neutral cities(those with white flags) will sometimes be the same race as your own. 15. I am constantly running out of food. What can I do? Build your cities in the area of food deposits. Make sure you research Cave tech, since that increases the food production of your cities. Once you get high enough, you can get food from blank spaces as well as those with food deposits. Try shipping population back and forth some, since they don't eat from you food stores.(see 9 above for the trade-off). 16. I'm trying to select a city with units on it, and I keep selecting the units. Right-click on a city to select it. 17. Can I tell what the enemy units are before I attack them? As long as you can see them(they are visible to your units), just right-click on them like you do with your own units. You can then tell what you are going up against. Note: Invisible units in a stack with visible units will not be shown when you right click. 18. The playback toggle doesn't work. The playback toggle is only active when there are more than 1 human players. If you are just playing against the computer, that function is disabled. 19. I don't have the manual handy. How can I tell what a spell does before I cast it? Right-click on the spell in the spell book and in the space below, it will describe what that particular spell does. 20. Are summoned creatures shackled by the particular race's range/melee modifiers? No. Same goes for tanks and things like that. 21. How many people die per turn if you don't have enough food? How ever many people you don't have enough food for, plus 2-3%, so you don't get the not enough food message every turn. 22. How do mounts affect combat? Faster movement, and the modifiers spelled out in the index. (i.e., +1 to attack for Balthi). 23. Do my excess resources go to waste? When you allocate production via the slider bars, any excess production goes toward your next unit, then to research. Toil is never wasted. 24. What is the best race to play? Each race has their own unique strengths and weaknesses. There is no way to say which particular race is the best. Check future issues of the General(call 1-800-999-3222 to subscribe) for articles detailing strategies and play from the viewpoint of the different races. 25. Can I choose how many cavern levels to play with? If you download the latest version (1.11 or 1.2), you can select how many levels to play with. Note that you may dig to any level, but the computer players will not. Make sure the levels.fdg file is in the \DLGS subdirectory. 26. Where can I get the latest patch? Updates to all of Avalon Hill's games are kept on http://www. avalonhill.com. 27. Is there a tutorial for the game? Yes. The "Beginner's Guide to the Underworld" can be found on www.avalonhill.com.


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Serving Size (1/6 of recipe), Calories 430 (Calories from Fat 210), Total Fat 24g (Saturated Fat 9g, Trans Fat 0g), Cholesterol 105mg, Sodium 720mg, Total Carbohydrate 38g (Dietary Fiber 2g, Sugars 9g), Protein 17g; Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 40%, Vitamin C 2%, Calcium 30%, Iron 8%.
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Cheesy Potato Pancakes with Sausage
- 1 (12 oz.) package breakfast sausage patties
- Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
- 1 cup Hungry Jack® Complete Buttermilk Pancake & Waffle Mix (Just Add Water)
- 1 1/2 cups Hungry Jack® Instant Mashed Potato Flakes
- 2 1/2 cups milk
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons Crisco® Pure Vegetable Oil
- 2 tablespoons Hungry Jack® Original Syrup
- 1/2 cup shredded carrots
- 1/4 cup sliced green onion
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
- Cook and crumble sausage patties in large skillet over medium heat until no longer pink. Drain, if necessary.
- Spray skillet or griddle with no-stick cooking spray. Heat skillet over medium-high heat or electric griddle to 375°F.
- Combine pancake mix and potato flakes in large bowl. Whisk together milk, eggs, oil and syrup, if desired, in medium bowl. Add liquids to dry ingredients, stirring just until large lumps disappear. Blend in carrots, onions, Parmesan cheese and cooked sausage
- Pour 1/4 cup batter for each pancake onto hot skillet or griddle. Cook for 3 minutes. Turn. Cook an additional 2 to 3 minutes or until golden brown. Place 3 or 4 pancakes on dinner plate. Sprinkle with Cheddar cheese before serving.


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By Douglas B. Richardson, CareerJournal Noel [a composite of three executives] had been ardently recruited, sailed through the headhunter's initial screening, done his homework on the company and survived the hugs and heat with composure. He seemed to have all the leverage he needed. So what happened? When negotiating business matters involving others, Noel is highly skilled, fair and able to hold his own. But when negotiations involve his role, compensation and performance incentives, things break down. He believes he didn't effectively present his cause, which cost him financially and reduced his clout in his new role. Certainly, his new package isn't insulting, and he won't know for a while how his standing might be affected. But this matter isn't trivial or without future reverberations. All people act on the basis of their perceptions, and Noel perceives himself as having negotiated poorly, which may color his interactions in his new job. Perhaps he'll show resentment or overcompensate for his perceived loss of standing by being too aggressive. His may have less self-control and self-confidence or feel more passive, conformist or conflict-averse than usual. None of this bodes well for his future. Dangers of the "Game Face"Two factors likely were at work during his talks:
People contemplating marriage spend more time and effort thinking about the wedding than about married life; after all, the wedding is the threshold event. Similarly, many job seekers see the interview and selection process as an end unto itself. They want to "create good chemistry" and find the right "fit," and they're genuinely concerned with their long-term satisfaction, growth and economic well-being. Yet when immersed in the hiring process, many candidates get caught up in the dynamics. Rather than seeing it as the foundation for long-term relationships or a way to gauge the working environment, they try to "win" the interview and get the offer. In the heat of the moment, even the most sophisticated executives can lapse into a reactive, short-sighted mindset and communicate from behind a "game face." This may be a poker face, happy façade or something glib. One senior corporate lawyer calls it her "dancing-bear suit." Rather than being an exchange of relevant information or an exercise in rapport-building, the interview process becomes a form of ritual competition. It's interviewer vs. interviewee and a question of who can out-think whom. It can get manipulative on both sides. Don't Forget to BuyDon't let your eagerness to look good or please screeners hamper your resolve to learn all you can about your role and authority or the "culture," style and temperament of co-workers. In other words, don't forget to buy. You must learn how performance will be gauged and about the forces affecting your advancement. Noel isn't sure about his standing because he allowed the selection process to play out superficially, with all parties maintaining game faces. They postured. He postured. Now no one knows where the other stands. A surprising number of executives leave attractive jobs after short, unsuccessful tenures. They often say they knew during interviews there might be a problem, but they didn't want to make waves. They hoped for the best…and got the worst. Particularly at the executive level, a quick choice can be catastrophic. If significant concerns arise affecting fit, it's better to air them during the selection process. If they're deal-killers, better to know now. Faces of PowerNoel and his new employer didn't intend for his interviews and negotiations to be winner-take-all battles. His interviewers weren't trying to bargain for advantage or take Noel down a peg. Yet somehow things got adversarial, with Noel feeling like he "lost." Power isn't a simple yes-or-no thing. There are many types and styles of power, each reflecting a different mode of influencing others. Noel has a lot of "expert" power due to his industry knowledge and technical credentials. Oprah Winfrey and Robert Redford have charismatic power, and people tend to follow them irrationally. Mother Theresa had moral power, while the mugger holding a Glock 9 to your head has punitive power. Interviewers have position power: clout because they're making the hiring decision. Most people have a natural primary "default" power that shapes how they influence others. They assume others will relate to them using the same primary power style. This means they may not use the type of power that's most appropriate for a particular situation. If they attempt to override their natural influencing style, they may seem forced or unnatural. When two human beings meet, they subconsciously seek answers to four power-related questions:
In employment negotiations, these rapport- and trust-building questions become muted and manipulated, masking the parties' true power posture. Both with words and demeanor, a candidate for a leadership position may want to seem as powerful and decisive as possible — despite being an affiliation-seeking or collaborative person. Tough guys may try to appear mellow or deferential; conservatives may try to look entrepreneurial. Noel got caught between being respected and being liked. Knowing that his style can be aloof and opinionated, he tried to seem personable and collaborative. He may have succeeded too well — coming across as more accommodating than he really is. He made himself likable and showed he could address the organization's needs. But in so doing, he didn't get his needs and priorities articulated and ratified. Noel's authority was diminished in a series of baby steps during the negotiations. When he deferred on a point, the employer liked it, so he deferred more. Pretty soon, he felt the leverage and momentum shift, and he couldn't reassert himself without appearing aggressive. He lost power for negotiating his employment terms and compensation. Noel also experienced his potential employers' manifest but unspoken power to reject him without explanation. As a rational, cause-and-effect decision-maker, he was threatened by the idea he might lose because of someone's whim or bias. Subconsciously he became cautious, so he wouldn't offend his interviewers. It's critical to not lose sight of the benefits of the long-term employment relationship in the short-term interview context. In the interview process, potential employers invariably have the upper hand. They set the pace and appear to define the rules of engagement. If the interviewee tries to over-control the process, the interviewer can reassert power by showing him the door. Therefore, skillful candidates shift everyone's perspective from the immediate power alignments to the long term "benefits of the bargain" — how everyone will win, and why. They keep reminding the employer of the marriage, not just the wedding. Terms and ConditionsWhen agreeing to roles, responsibilities and authority, the process should have a strong win-win flavor. Talking about the things you can agree upon first will establish a constructive tenor. Here, it's important to stress "we" rather than "I." Discussions about money are inherently adversarial. The employer wants to pay as little as possible; you want to maximize the pay figure. If employment negotiations start with an adversarial issue, one party will feel like a winner and the other at least somewhat victimized. This victor-victim subtext can taint discussions about other issues. So talk about compensation last — after you have demonstrated the value you can add to the organization. All too frequently, discussions about money, benefits and perks degenerate into genteel haggling, not unlike flea-market bargaining. The employer opens by saying he's prepared to offer X. You say Y would be "a reasonable expectation." He says they can do X + 5%. You say you could see "all the way down to Y – 8%." And so on. But unlike the flea market, where you can take or leave that antique nutcracker, these stakes are higher. And the process both use isn't designed to set a fair market price on your added value — it's to see who will back down first. The dynamics of the transaction eclipse the bigger value-added picture. One leading candidate was told to "come on in, because we're going to make you an offer." He started the meeting by saying, "I'm very flattered to be receiving an offer, but my priority is finding a way to make this work so that each side comes out feeling like they've been respected and not out-bargained. "Given this premise, before you tell me what you're prepared to offer, would you tell me whyyou're offering it? I have a reasonable expectation of what an attractive package might be, based on the research I've done. I'll be pleased to tell you the factors I've used for my expectation — if you'll share with me the factors you're using for your offer. If I'm all wet, I'll listen; I don't want to be unrealistic or overplay my hand. On the other hand, I'd welcome the opportunity to understand and comment on the basis of your thinking. That way we can put a fair price on the value I'm capable of delivering, rather than seeing who can overpower whom." After a pause, the board chairman said, "OK, that's fair." When Noel heard of this conversation, his response was, "Gee, I wish I'd thought of that." Mr. Richardson, a CareerJournal.com columnist, heads the Richardson Group, an executive and career-development consulting firm in Narberth, Pa. He can be reached email@example.com. |


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Although I love my chosen profession (what's not to love when you're writing about fashion all day long?!), it's not my dream job. Dylan Lauren has my dream job. If you haven't acquired a few too many cavities from eating a few too many gummy bears, you might not know that Dylan - the daughter of designer Ralph Lauren - who runs the world's largest candy emporium. She's basically a very stylish, very gorgeous Willy Wonka. Over the years, I've spent a good portion of my paychecks buying up many of the 7,000 different treats from her famed Dylan's Candy Bar, so when I found out that she launched a new line of accessories and beauty products, I was thrilled (as was my dentist). Finally, candy I could wear: Whirly Pop-scented nails, literal candy necklaces, and chocolate-bar-flavored lip glosses. While noshing on Sour Patch Kids and Swedish Fish, I chatted with Dylan all about the new Candy Girl collection. See what she had to say, and then shop her favorites. Just don't eat them.
POPSUGAR: Consuming candy is one thing, but what made you decide to branch out into beauty and accessories with the Candy Girl collection?
Dylan Lauren: I don't love just eating candy. I love it for the patterns and colors and different shapes. Candy and eye candy are the same thing, so whenever I see jewelry - the beautiful little pieces - sometimes I want to eat it! The basic idea of designing candy jewelry was something I always wanted to do since the store opened. Plus, everyone enjoys candy and a splash of color, so it's really for the girl in everybody, not just young girls. These days, women are more comfortable sucking on a lollipop!
PS: And the beauty line must have been fun to produce. Was the process similar to the taste tests you do on your actual candy? What flavors were most important to include?
DL: A lot of what I grew up on was the Bonnie Belles that tasted like bubblegum and cherry. We did a line with Sephora three years ago, and I kept seeing other companies doing candy-flavored lip glosses, and I thought besides chocolate flavors, why not all the candy flavors for lip and nail? We're a candy company, so when it came to coloring something pink or magenta, we're about not just cherry and watermelon but cotton candy and bubblegum.
PS: This past Fashion Week, the Chanel runway was filled with confectionery references - namely candy necklaces in the shape of the famous interlocking C's. Do you ever say to yourself, "I thought of that first!"?
DL: I love when fashion brands integrate candy. It just goes to show that it's hip and it's adult. Prada did the whole candy perfume, Victoria's Secret had a candy-themed fashion show one year. So, Chanel . . . it's such an elegant brand. It's fabulous. The more the merrier! And the woman who wears a Chanel bag shouldn't feel embarrassed to put on some rock candy lip gloss and rock it.
PS: And speaking of Fashion Week, you were front row in support of your dad, Ralph Lauren, this season. Do you ever get inspired by his work?
DL: I am always inspired. It's mostly inspiration by color and how it plays off the fabric. So, if it's the season of bright silks and primary colors, I want to eat the fabrics, and I love the way the colors play off each other. Like, one season my dad will be focusing on red, orange, and lime green. And those colors subconsciously play into the palette I choose for candy packaging. It all is integrated.
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"The piano has 88 keys, the highest note playable is a high C, often referred to as C8. For a long time, Maria Carey was credited with the highest note – a G7 during a 2003 rendition of the "Star Spangled Banner." However, in 2008, a guy named Adam Lopez took the record by hitting a C8 – off the keyboard – in front of a live audience. You've got to wait until 2:35 before he actually sings.
At the other end of the scale, the lowest note hit by a human, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, is a gutter-scraping .393 Hz. This was achieved by Gospel singer Roger Menees in 2010. But there is some controversy about that number, as the human ear can't hear below 18 Hz. Currently, a recording company is on the hunt for someone to record the lowest SINGABLE note – a low E in the work, De Profundis, by Paul Mealor."
I love the end of this last one where the poor Roland speakers were topping out as they tried to reproduce it. Of course, it would have been a good idea to use a set of speakers that were capable of reproducing those frequencies, but we'll let that one up to Guinness. Whether Roger Menees is credited with the record or not is immaterial. He has a truly unique voice that's quite capable of being a loudspeaker test!
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Happy new year my beloved readers and fellow food enthusiasts! May 2011 be a wonderful year for you all. I am really looking forward to the year ahead, particularly from a blogging perspective. I have an abundance of recipes and food experiences I can't wait to share with you, as well as a few other surprises I have up my sleeve ;) I'm sure there'll be lots of other food experiences to be had along the way this year, and I look forward to sharing them with you, and reading about yours too of course!
I am back in Sydney after a short break to Queensland for Christmas with my family there. While in Queensland, Mr Ladybird and I had the opportunity to eat out at both some new places, as well as places we used to frequent often while we lived in Brisbane. Revisiting what used to be our local areas was a good experience. It is amazing how some things change immensely while other things stay so much the same in a matter of just a few years.
On Christmas eve, we met up with family for brunch at Campos Cafe Roastery off trendy James Street in the Fortitude Valley. The cafe was recommended by one of my brothers who is quite the foodie and has his finger on the pulse for places to eat and get good coffee in the Brisbane/Gold Coast area so I knew it had to be blogged. It was only when I settled in Sydney that I learnt of just how good their coffee is, so I was excited by the fact that Campos coffee has now made its mark in Queensland!
We then ordered our breakfast choices. While there were relatively few vegetarian options on the menu, Mr Ladybird and I learnt from our friendly waitress that alterations could be made to some of the savoury dishes to accommodate for meat-free diners such as ourselves. It's that sort of flexibility with a smile (and not being made feel that you're a complete pain in the a**) that always makes me happy to recommend such places to others, vegetarian or not!
Unfortunately Campos Cafe's menu is not published online and I was somewhat in holiday mode so did not make notes on my visit, so I am unable to give you the exact descriptions and prices of dishes... So on this occasion I shall simply say it with pictures.
Campos Cafe's dishes aren't the cheapest in town at somewhere between $15 - $20... I would consider that quite pricey in Sydney let alone Brisbane, but if you are after an excellent coffee with your brunch too, perhaps it is worth the price. All-in-all an enjoyable brunch experience.
Campos Cafe & Roastery
11 Wandoo Street, Fortitude Valley
(07) 3252 3612
Till next time!
Ladybird x